Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2019

Statement of Management Responsibility Including Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Responsibility for the integrity and objectivity of the accompanying financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2019, and all information contained in these financial statements rests with the management of the Canadian Transportation Agency (the CTA). These financial statements have been prepared by management using the Government of Canada's accounting policies, which are based on Canadian public sector accounting standards.

Management is responsible for the integrity and objectivity of the information in these financial statements. Some of the information in the financial statements is based on management's best estimates and judgment, and gives due consideration to materiality. To fulfill its accounting and reporting responsibilities, management maintains a set of accounts that provides a centralized record of the CTA’s financial transactions. Financial information submitted in the preparation of the Public Accounts of Canada, and included in the CTA’s Departmental Results Report, is consistent with these financial statements.

Management is also responsible for maintaining an effective system of internal control over financial reporting (ICFR) designed to provide reasonable assurance that financial information is reliable, that assets are safeguarded and that transactions are properly authorized and recorded in accordance with the Financial Administration Act and other applicable legislation, regulations, authorities and policies.

Management seeks to ensure the objectivity and integrity of data in its financial statements through careful selection, training and development of qualified staff; through organizational arrangements that provide appropriate divisions of responsibility; through communication programs aimed at ensuring that regulations, policies, standards, and managerial authorities are understood throughout the CTA and through conducting an annual risk-based assessment of the effectiveness of the system of ICFR.

The system of ICFR is designed to mitigate risks to a reasonable level based on an on-going process to identify key risks, to assess effectiveness of associated key controls, and to make any necessary adjustments.

The CTA is subject to periodic Core Control Audits performed by the Office of the Comptroller General (OCG) and uses the results of such audits to comply with the Treasury Board Policy on Financial Management.

A Core Control Audit was performed in 2014-2015 by the OCG for transactions completed in 2013-2014. The Audit Report and related Management Action Plan are posted on the CTA's web site at https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/corporate-reports.

The financial statements of the CTA have not been audited.

Statement of Financial Position (Unaudited) As at March 31 (in dollars)

	2019	2018
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 4)	$ 4,680,877	$ 2,971,413
Vacation pay and compensatory leave	1,395,546	1,399,849
Employee future benefits (Note 5)	1,029,571	1,156,981
Total liabilities	7,105,994	5,528,243
Financial assets
Due from Consolidated Revenue Fund	4,417,768	2,865,149
Accounts receivable and advances (Note 6)	546,988	351,963
Total gross financial assets	4,964,756	3,217,112
Financial assets held on behalf of Government
Accounts receivable and advances (Note 6)	(53,346)	(85,596)
Total financial assets held on behalf of Government	(53,346)	(85,596)
Total net financial assets	4,911,410	3,131,516
Agency net debt	2,194,584	2,396,727
Non-financial assets
Prepaid expenses	232,310	116,398
Inventory	39,696	31,706
Tangible capital assets (Note 7)	859,713	886 389
Total non-financial assets	1,131,719	1,034,493
Agency net financial position	$ (1,062,865)	$ (1,362,234)

Contractual obligations ^{(Note 8)}

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position (Unaudited) For the Year Ended March 31 (in dollars)

	2019 Planned Results	2019	2018
Expenses
Independent regulatory and dispute-resolution services for transportation providers and users	$ 23,304,785	$ 26,975,940	$ 24,583,800
Internal services	8,593,807	10,086,399	8,829,931
Total expenses	31,898,592	37,062,339	33,413,731
Revenues
Revenues from fines	161,090	131,235	317,750
Sales of goods and services	65	80	100
Gain on disposal of assets	-	166	-
Miscellaneous revenues	75	1,196	323
Revenues earned on behalf of Government	(161,230)	(132,351)	(318,163)
Total revenues	-	326	10
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	$ 31,898,592	$ 37,062,013	$ 33,413,721

Government funding and transfers	2019	2018
Net cash provided by Government of Canada	31,590,840	28,304,753
Change in due from Consolidated Revenue Fund	1,552,619	849,719
Services provided without charge by other government departments (Note 9)	4,216,967	4,227,253
Other transfers of assets and liabilities (to) / from other government departments	956	(119)
Net cost of operations after government funding and transfers	(299,369)	32,115
Agency net financial position – Beginning of year	(1,362,234)	(1,330,119)
Agency net financial position – End of year	$ (1,062,865)	$  (1,362,234)

Segmented information ^{(Note 10)}

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

Statement of Change in Agency Net Debt (Unaudited) For the Year Ended March 31 (in dollars)

	2019	2018
Net cost of operations after government funding and transfers	$ (299,369)	$ 32,115
Change due to tangible capital assets
Acquisition of tangible capital assets	288,249	533,186
Amortization of tangible capital assets	(314,925)	(175,451)
Total change due to tangible capital assets	(26,676)	357,735
Change due to inventory	7,990	6,051
Change due to prepaid expenses	115,912	15,778
Net increase (decrease) in Agency net debt	(202,143)	411,679
Agency net debt – Beginning of year	2,396,727	1,985,048
Agency net debt – End of year	$ 2,194,584	$ 2,396,727

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

Statement of Cash Flows (Unaudited) For the Year Ended March 31 (in dollars)

	2019	2018
Operating activities
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	$ 37,062,013	$ 33,413,721
Non-cash items:
Amortization of tangible capital assets	(314,925)	(175,451)
Services provided without charge by other government departments	(4,216,967)	(4,227,253)
Net transfer of salary overpayments to (from) other government departments	(956)	119
Variations in Statement of Financial Position:
Increase (decrease) in accounts receivable and advances	227,275	(398,033)
Increase (decrease) in prepaid expenses	115,912	15,778
Increase (decrease) in inventory	7,990	6,051
Decrease (increase) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(1,709,464)	(376,959)
Decrease (increase) in vacation pay and compensatory leave	4,303	(338,086)
Decrease (increase) in employee future benefits	127,410	(148,320)
Cash used in operating activities	31,302,591	27,771,567
Capital investment activities:
Acquisitions of tangible capital assets	288,249	533,186
Cash used in capital investment activities	288,249	533,186
Net cash provided by Government of Canada	$ 31,590,840	$ 28,304,753

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

Notes to the Financial Statements (Unaudited) For the Year Ended March 31 (in dollars)

1. Authority and objectives

The CTA was established on July 1st, 1996, under the Canada Transportation Act (the Act), (S.C. 1996, c. 10), as the continuation of the National Transportation Agency. Under the Act and related legislation, it has various powers to help implement the federal government’s transportation policy.

The CTA is an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal and regulator that has, with respect to all matters necessary for the exercise of its jurisdiction, all the powers of a superior court. The CTA has three mandates:

• It helps ensure that the national transportation system runs efficiently and smoothly in the interests of all Canadians: those who work and invest in it; the producers, shippers, travellers and businesses who rely on it; and the communities where it operates.
• It protects the human right of persons with disabilities to an accessible transportation network.
• It provides consumer protection for air passengers.

In delivering its mandates, the CTA operates under the following core responsibilities:

• Independent regulatory and dispute-resolution services for transportation providers and users. This core responsibility is supported by the following three key programs:

  • Determinations and Compliance: This program provides analysis and recommendations when industry needs a determination from the CTA to proceed with an activity in the marketplace (e.g. an air carrier licence). It also monitors compliance with legislation and regulations, as well as CTA decisions, orders and determinations and initiates enforcement actions in cases of non-compliance.

  • Dispute Resolution: This program provides dispute resolution services, upon application, for air, rail, marine and accessibility disputes within the CTA's jurisdiction. It does this using a range of approaches from relatively informal facilitation and mediation to more formal arbitration and adjudication.

  • Analysis and Outreach: This program leads CTA regulatory modernization and provides strategic research, analysis and legislative advice regarding the national transportation system and key issues. It enhances the accessibility of the federal transportation network. It also leads the CTA's external partnerships, communications and outreach.

• Internal Services: Internal Services are those groups of related activities and resources that the Federal Government considers to be services in support of programs and/or required to meet corporate obligations of an organization. Internal services refer to the activities and resources that support program delivery in the organization, such as human resources management, financial management, information management and information technology.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

These financial statements are prepared using the CTA's accounting policies stated below, which are based on Canadian public sector accounting standards. The presentation and results using the stated accounting policies do not result in any significant differences from Canadian public sector accounting standards.

Significant accounting policies are as follows:

1. Parliamentary authorities

   The CTA is financed by the Government of Canada through Parliamentary authorities. Financial reporting of authorities provided to the CTA do not parallel financial reporting according to generally accepted accounting principles since authorities are primarily based on cash flow requirements. Consequently, items recognized in the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position and in the Statement of Financial Position are not necessarily the same as those provided through authorities from Parliament. Note 3 provides a reconciliation between the bases of reporting. The planned results amounts in the “Expenses” and “Revenues” sections of the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position are the amounts reported in the Future-oriented Statement of Operations included in the 2018-2019 Departmental Plan . Planned results are not presented in the “Government funding and transfers” section of the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position and in the Statement of Change in Agency Net Debt because these amounts were not included in the 2018-2019 Departmental Plan.

    

2. Net Cash Provided by Government

   The CTA operates within the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF), which is administered by the Receiver General for Canada. All cash received by the CTA is deposited to the CRF, and all cash disbursements made by the CTA are paid from the CRF. The net cash provided by Government is the difference between all cash receipts and all cash disbursements, including transactions between departments of the Government.

    

3. Amounts due from or to the CRF

   Amounts due from or to the CRF are the result of timing differences at year-end between when a transaction affects authorities and when it is processed through the CRF. Amounts due from the CRF represent the net amount of cash that the CTA is entitled to draw from the CRF without further appropriations to discharge its liabilities.

    

4. Revenues

   Revenues from regulatory fees are recognized based on the services provided in the year.

   All other revenues, including revenues from fines, are recognized in the period in which the underlying transaction or event that gave rise to the revenue takes place.

   Revenues that are non-respendable are not available to discharge the CTA's liabilities. While the Chair and CEO is expected to maintain accounting control, he has no authority regarding the disposition of non-respendable revenues. As a result, non-respendable revenues are considered to be earned on behalf of the Government of Canada and are therefore presented in reduction of the entity's gross revenues.

    

5. Expenses

   Expenses are recorded on the accrual basis:

   Vacation pay and compensatory leave are accrued as the benefits are earned by employees under their respective terms of employment.

   Services provided without charge by other government departments for accommodation, employer contributions to the health and dental insurance plans, legal services and workers' compensation are recorded as operating expenses at their estimated cost.

    

6. Employee future benefits

   1. Pension benefits: Eligible employees participate in the Public Service Pension Plan (the Plan), a multiemployer pension plan administered by the Government. The CTA's contributions to the Plan are charged to expenses in the year incurred and represent the total CTA obligation to the Plan. The CTA’s responsibility with regard to the Plan is limited to its contributions. Actuarial surpluses or deficiencies are recognised in the financial statements of the Government of Canada, as the Plan’s sponsor.

   2. Severance benefits: The accumulation of severance benefits for voluntary departures ceased for applicable employee groups. The remaining obligation for employees who did not withdraw benefits is calculated using information derived from the results of the actuarially determined liability for employee severance benefits for the Government as a whole.

    

7. Accounts receivable

   Accounts receivable are stated at the lower of cost and net recoverable value. When necessary, an allowance for valuation is recorded to reduce the carrying value of accounts receivable to amounts that approximate their net recoverable value.

    

8. Inventory

   Inventory is valued at cost using the average cost method and consists of brochures held for future program delivery and is not intended for resale. Inventory that no longer has service potential is deemed obsolete and is written off.

    

9. Tangible capital assets

   The costs of acquiring equipment and other capital property are capitalized as tangible capital assets. All tangible capital assets having an initial cost of $10,000 or more are recorded at their acquisition cost. Amortization of tangible capital assets is done on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of the asset as follows:

    

   Asset Class	Amortization Period
   Machinery and equipment	7 years
   Computer hardware	5 years
   Computer software	3 years
   Furniture	10 years
   Vehicles	7 years

   Assets under construction are recorded in the applicable asset class in the year they are put into service and are not amortized until they are put into service.

10. Contingent Liabilities

    Contingent liabilities are potential liabilities which may become actual liabilities when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. If the future event is likely to occur or fail to occur, and a reasonable estimate of the loss can be made, a provision is accrued and an expense recorded to other expenses. If the likelihood is not determinable or an amount cannot be reasonably estimated, the contingency is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.

     

11. Contingent assets

    Contingent assets are possible assets which may become actual assets when one or more future events occur or fail to occur. If the future event is likely to occur or fail to occur, the contingent asset is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.

     

12. Measurement uncertainty

    The preparation of these financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported and disclosed amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes as at March 31. The estimates are based on facts and circumstances, historical experience, general economic conditions and reflect the Government's best estimate of the related amount at the end of the reporting period. The most significant items where estimates are used are the liability for employee future benefits and the useful life of tangible capital assets. Actual results could significantly differ from those estimated. Management's estimates are reviewed periodically and, as adjustments become necessary, they are recorded in the financial statements in the year they become known.

     

13. Related party transactions

    Inter-entity transactions are transactions between commonly controlled entities. Inter-entity transactions, other than restructuring transactions, are recorded on a gross basis and are measured at the carrying amount, except for the following:

    1. Services provided on a recovery basis are recognized as revenues and expenses on a gross basis and measured at the exchange amount.

    2. Certain services received on a without charge basis are recorded for departmental financial statement purposes at the carrying amount.

     

3.Parliamentary authorities

The CTA receives most of its funding through annual parliamentary authorities. Items recognized in the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position and the Statement of Financial Position in one year may be funded through parliamentary authorities in prior, current or future years. Accordingly, the CTA has different net results of operations for the year on a government funding basis than on an accrual accounting basis. The differences are reconciled in the following tables:

a) Reconciliation of net cost of operations to current year authorities used

	2019	2018
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	$ 37,062,013	$ 33,413,721
Adjustments for items affecting net cost of operations but not affecting authorities:
Amortization of tangible capital assets	(314,925)	(175,451)
Services provided without charge by other government departments	(4,216,967)	(4,227,253)
Decrease (increase) in vacation pay and compensatory leave	4,303	(338,086)
Decrease (increase) in employee future benefits	127,410	(148,320)
Refunds of prior years' expenditures	7 911	231
Other expenditures not affecting authorities	3,221	-
Total items affecting net cost of operations but not affecting authorities	(4,389,047)	(4,888,879)
Adjustment for items not affecting net cost of operations but affecting authorities:
Acquisitions of tangible capital assets	288,249	533,186
Increase (decrease) in other receivables and advances	59,073	67,960
Increase (decrease) in inventory	7,990	6,051
Increase (decrease) in prepaid expenses	115,912	15,778
Total items not affecting net cost of operations but affecting authorities	471,224	622,975
Current year authorities used	$ 33,144,190	$ 29,147,817

b) Authorities provided and used

	2019	2018
Authorities provided:
Vote 25: Operating expenditures	$ 33,908,170	$ 30,548,408
Statutory amounts	3,458,983	3,159,906
Less:
Lapsed: Operating	(4,222,963)	(4,560,497)
Current year authorities used	$ 33,144,190	$ 29,147,817

4. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

The following table presents details of the CTA’s accounts payable and accrued liabilities:

	2019	2018
Accounts payable – Other government departments and agencies	$ 752,474	$ 154,985
Accounts payable – External parties	1,371,086	693,300
Total accounts payable	2,123,560	848,285
Accrued liabilities	2,557,317	2,123,128
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$ 4,680,877	$ 2,971,413

5.Employee future benefits

a) Pension benefits

The CTA's employees participate in the Public Service Pension Plan (the “Plan”), which is sponsored and administered by the Government of Canada. Pension benefits accrue up to a maximum period of 35 years at a rate of 2 percent per year of pensionable service, times the average of the best five consecutive years of earnings. The benefits are integrated with Canada/Québec Pension Plan benefits and are indexed to inflation.

Both the employees and the CTA contribute to the cost of the Plan. Due to the amendment of the Public Service Superannuation Act following the implementation of provisions related to Economic Action Plan 2012, employee contributors have been divided into two groups – Group 1 relates to existing plan members as of December 31, 2012 and Group 2 relates to members joining the Plan as of January 1, 2013. Each group has a distinct contribution rate.

The 2018-2019 expense amounts to $2,412,179 ($2,151,896 in 2017-2018). For Group 1 members, the expense represents approximately 1.01 times (1.01 times in 2017-2018) the employee contributions and, for Group 2 members, approximately 1.00 times (1.00 times in 2017-2018) the employee contributions.

The CTA's responsibility with regard to the Plan is limited to its contributions. Actuarial surpluses or deficiencies are recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Government of Canada, as the Plan's sponsor.

b) Severance benefits

Severance benefits provided to the CTA’s employees were previously based on an employee’s eligibility, years of service and salary at termination of employment. However, since 2011 the accumulation of severance benefits for voluntary departures progressively ceased for substantially all employees. Employees subject to these changes were given the option to be paid the full or partial value of benefits earned to date or collect the full or remaining value of benefits upon departure from the public service. By March 31, 2019, substantially all settlements for immediate cash out were completed. Severance benefits are unfunded and, consequently, the outstanding obligation will be paid from future authorities.

The changes in the obligations during the year were as follows:

	2019	2018
Accrued benefit obligation – Beginning of year	$ 1,156,981	$ 1,008,661
Expense for the year	29,002	441,254
Benefits paid during the year	(156,412)	(292,934)
Accrued benefit obligation – End of year	$ 1,029,571	$ 1,156,981

6. Accounts receivable and advances

The following table presents details of the CTA’s accounts receivable and advances balances:

	2019	2018
Receivables – Other government departments and agencies	$ 477,458	$ 249,504
Receivables – External parties	62,536	85,596
Employee advances	6,994	16,863
Gross accounts receivable	546,988	351,963
Accounts receivable held on behalf of Government	(53,346)	(85,596)
Net accounts receivable	$ 493,642	$ 266,367

7. Tangible capital assets

Cost

Capital Asset Class	Opening Balance	Acquisitions	Adjustments	Disposals and Write-offs	Closing Balance
Machinery and equipment	$ 105,746	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ 105,746
Computer hardware	1,749,289	229,568	400,869	-	2,379,726
Computer software	4,038,405	-	-	-	4,038,405
Furniture	665,441	-	-	-	665,441
Vehicles	24,285	-	-	-	24,285
Assets under construction	342,188	58,681	(400,869)	-	-
Total	$ 6,925,354	$ 288,249	$ -	$ -	$ 7,213,603

Accumulated Amortization

Capital Asset Class	Opening Balance	Amortization	Adjustments	Disposals and Write-offs	Closing Balance
Machinery and equipment	$ 105,746	$ -	$ -	$ -	$ 105,746
Computer hardware	1,390,513	188,122	-	-	1,578,635
Computer software	3,953,321	85,084	-	-	4,038,405
Furniture	575,508	38,250	-	-	613,758
Vehicles	13,877	3,469	-	-	17,346
Assets under construction	-	-	-	-	-
Total	$ 6,038,965	$ 314,925	$ -	$ -	$ 6,353,890

Net Book Value

Capital Asset Class	2019	2018
Machinery and equipment	-	-
Computer hardware	801,091	358,776
Computer software	-	85,084
Furniture	51,683	89,933
Vehicles	6,939	10,408
Assets under construction	-	342,188
Total	$ 859,713	$ 886,389

8. Contractual obligations

The nature of the CTA’s activities can result in some large multi-year contracts and obligations whereby the CTA will be obligated to make future payments when the services/goods are received. Significant contractual obligations that can be reasonably estimated are summarized as follows:

	2020	2021	2022	2023 and thereafter	Total
Professional and special services	$ 728,023	$ 74,041	$ 105,308	$ -	$ 907,372
Software maintenance agreements	85,288	95,610	95,610	382,439	658,947
Other goods and services	123,788	69,108	38,250	-	231,146
Operating leases and rental of storage	51,099	45,000	-	-	96,099
Total	$ 988,198	$ 283,759	$ 239,168	$ 382,439	$ 1,893,564

9. Related party transactions

The CTA is related, as a result of common ownership, to all government departments, agencies, and Crown corporations. Related parties also include individuals who are members of key management personnel or close family members of those individuals, and entities controlled by, or under shared control of, a member of key management personnel or a close family member of that individual.

The CTA enters into transactions with these entities in the normal course of business and on normal trade terms.

a) Common services provided without charge by other government departments

During the year, the CTA received services without charge from certain common service organizations, related to accommodation, the employer's contribution to the health and dental insurance plans, and workers' compensation coverage. These services provided without charge have been recorded in the Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position as follows: :

	2019	2018
Accommodation	$ 2,137,811	$ 2,156,169
Employer's contribution to the health and dental insurance plans	2,069,961	2,065,405
Worker's compensation	9,195	5,679
Total	$ 4,216,967	4,227,253

The Government has centralized some of its administrative activities for efficiency, cost-effectiveness purposes and economic delivery of programs to the public. As a result, the Government uses central agencies and common service organizations so that one department performs services for all other departments and agencies without charge. The costs of these services, such as the payroll and cheque issuance services provided by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) and audit services provided by the Office of the Auditor General are not included in the CTA's Statement of Operations and Agency Net Financial Position.

b) Other transactions with other government departments and agencies

	2019	2018
Expenses	$ 5,204,914	$ 3,943,069
Revenues	-	-
Total	$ 5,204,914	$ 3,943,069

Expenses and revenues disclosed in (b) exclude common services provided without charges, which are already disclosed in (a).

10. Segmented information

Presentation by segment is based on the Department's core responsibility. The presentation by segment is based on the same accounting policies as described in the Summary of significant accounting policies in note 2. The following table presents the expenses incurred and revenues generated for the main core responsibility, by major object of expense and by major type of revenue. The segment results for the period are as follows:

	Independent regulatory and dispute-resolution services for transportation and users	Internal Services	Total 2019	Total 2018
Operating expenses
Salaries and employee benefits	$ 23,120,249	$ 6,576,191	$ 29,696,440	$ 28,099,491
Accommodation	1,643,480	494,331	2,137,811	2,156,169
Professional and special services	718,352	887,540	1,605,892	1,007,953
Machinery and equipment	26,026	902,968	928,994	338,820
Transportation and telecommunication	640,637	147,625	788,262	477,501
Rentals	207,168	546,779	753,947	659,790
Information	416,734	131,261	547,995	336,051
Amortization of tangible capital assets	66,495	248,431	314,926	175,451
Utilities, materials and supplies	114,391	35,064	149,455	106,095
Repair and maintenance	16,232	112,479	128,711	54,162
Other	6,176	3,730	9,906	2,248
Total expenses	$ 26,975,940	$ 10,086,399	$ 37,062,339	$ 33,413,731
Revenues
Revenues from fines	131,235	-	131,235	317,750
Sales of goods and services	-	80	80	100
Gain on disposal of assets	-	166	166	-
Miscellaneous revenues	326	870	1,196	323
Revenues earned on behalf of Government	(131,235)	(1,116)	(132,351)	(318,163)
Total revenues	326	-	326	10
Net cost of operations before government funding and transfers	$ 26,975,614	$ 10,086,399	$ 37,062,013	$ 33,413,721